In May 2012, the human remains of 12 individuals (men, women, and children) were discovered in an underground cavity of the Ukrainian Church in our town of Rohatyn. A medical examination determined they were complete, and likely at least 50 years old. This Church during the War bordered the Jewish ghetto, and there have long been stories of Jewish families…
I am very happy to report that Alex Den received a letter from Mr. Vorobets in Rohatyn reporting that the large pile of Jewish headstones recently recovered from the courtyard of former Gestapo headquarters (today a private but communal car park for surrounding apartments) were collected and transported on November 24, 2014 to Rohatyn’s “old” Jewish cemetery. Ця стаття також…
Marla and I visited Rohatyn yesterday (06 November 2014) with several others, to check status of the Jewish headstone recovery work and to meet onsite for planning regarding the proposed Jewish cemetery project. The group consisted of: Marla Raucher Osborn, project lead Alex Denysenko, guide & translator Andrij Bojarov, conceptual design lead Rabbi Moyshe-Leib Kolesnik of the Ivano-Frankivsk synagogue Mikhailo…
As promised, here is a report of our visit yesterday to Rohatyn. By separate post, Jay will report on the new headstones discovered and recovered since our last visit in June as well as the status of the memorial project at the Jewish cemetery. Jay and I were accompanied as usual by group member Alex Denysenko (who also made our…
This is a brief summary of the status of the headstone recovery project in Rohatyn, and an outline of progress of the cemetery memorial project, from our visit to Rohatyn last Sunday the 27th of July 2014. I will separately send to Alex Feller a detailed accounting of expenses (for moving stones) in town, photographs documenting the stones most recently…
This is a summary of our latest visit to Rohatyn on Sunday, July 27, 2014. You may recall that this date had been chosen during my last visit to Rohatyn in November 2013 when the Mayor noted that the City was planning 70th anniversary events for July 27th to commemorate the end of the town’s Nazi occupation and liberation by…
Brought to my attention this morning: Two episodes about Jewish Rohatyn on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio: http://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-1/ http://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-2-2/ The web radio station also has a page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NashHolos Warm regards, Marla Ця стаття також доступна українською. [Note: This report was originally sent by Marla to the Rohatyn District Research Group.]
Just to report that 25 matzevot were recovered on April 1st from the private garden in Rohatyn on Ivan Franko Street. These were known to exist and Mr. Vorobets was waiting for their removal. Jason Francisco – who is making photographs in town and communicating with me for an exhibit opening in Krakow on June 18th at the Galicia Jewish…
We had a report a earlier this month from sources in Rohatyn that the human remains found in 2012 underneath the Ukrainian Church on the rynek had been quietly buried by representatives of the Church and Rabbi Kolesnik of Ivano-Frankivsk, in Rohatyn’s new Jewish cemetery at the north end of town. This was consistent with our wishes, and thanks to…
I am happy to announce that the Rohatyn Matzevot Memorial Project is now an official project under the auspices of Gesher Galicia. Since Gesher Galicia is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, donations by US residents is tax deductible. After the acceptance of this project by Gesher Galicia, I created the Rohatyn Jewish Heritage website. This public website provides background information on…